Griffithsia teges Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Griffithsia teges Harvey 1855: 559

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 413) Lectotype: Harvey; (Womersley 1998: 323) Notes: Womersley (1998: 323) notes that the type locality is Western Australia (probably near Fremantle). He also notes that the holotype (Harvey, Trav. Set 146) is missing from TCD; lectotype (Baldock 1976: 541) Harvey Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 496A.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 February 2018

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Taxonomic note
Griffithsia antarctica Hooker & Harvey sensu Harvey 1859b: 332 (Womersley 1998: 323). - (19 December 2008) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025

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